Ford's pardon assumed Nixon COULD be prosecuted—it explicitly granted clemency for "all offenses against the United States" from his presidency. Legal scholars at the time debated whether to indict Ni...
True or False: Before Trump v. United States, the Supreme Court had never ruled on whether former presidents have criminal immunity.
True or False: Justice Sotomayor wrote in dissent that the Court's immunity ruling makes presidents "kings" who are above the law.
True or False: Some legal scholars compared the immunity ruling to Dred Scott v. Sandford, calling it one of the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.
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